The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century

NOMINATED FOR THE 2022 URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE FOR FICTION

Too vague for my taste. The author never seems to want to commit to any of the themes that are hinted at throughout the novel and on the back (the back text being more intriguing for me than the actual book...), with a novelette-length work both feeling like a novel-length slog and a bloated short story. The prose is simple and reads more like free verse poetry at times, with some remarkably interesting sentences, but half-baked ideas and a complete lack of any direction makes for an unsatisfying read.